Day 1. No wind and HOT. Checked out all the shops. Talked to Windance about tomorrows' "end of season bbq party" which I was looking forward to. Their response was..."We're having a bbq party tomorrow?". So, no year end bbq at Windance tomorrow. Bummer. Ignore their website. Cool store though with friendly helpful staff.

Gary at the Gorge Surf Shop was very friendly. He recognized us from this Thread. A warm welcome from him and Harvey.

On the plus side, I scored a brand new Chinook carbon fiber Extension for $48 bucks at 2nd wind. Not a necessity but hard to pass up at that price. A good warmup for the swap meet. Sunday.

The owner at Windance Dave Nunn is taking his daughter to college so no party this year.
It does look hot and windless for the next 3 days, but I'd look to Stevie
for some potential planable West wind today around 3PM. Take your 6M sail.

Jim Oaks is a Gorge legend, and the jibe clinic should be good.

-Craig

p.s. Gary freak'n rocks!

mamero wrote:

Day 1. No wind and HOT. Checked out all the shops. Talked to Windance about tomorrows' "end of season bbq party" which I was looking forward to. Their response was..."We're having a bbq party tomorrow?". So, no year end bbq at Windance tomorrow. Bummer. Ignore their website. Cool store though with friendly helpful staff.

Gary at the Gorge Surf Shop was very friendly. He recognized us from this Thread. A warm welcome from him and Harvey.

On the plus side, I scored a brand new Chinook carbon fiber Extension for $48 bucks at 2nd wind. Not a necessity but hard to pass up at that price. A good warmup for the swap meet. Sunday.

I think the Hook might be TOO mellow. There's a balance between off the hook and boredom. Appearanlty the Hook is "The Kiddy Pool". We have a lot to learn but I think the kiddy pool might not be the best place at our level.

I read somewhere the Event site is $5 bucks? Is that still the applicable? If so, is that per person or vehicle? Where do you pay your entrance if applicable?

Thanks

The Kiddy Pool is inside the Hook.
the outside of the hook is more challenging.

I read the Event Site is up to $8 per day this year.
You can pay at the entrance (if it isn't full).

It looks like we should have decent west winds for Sunday afternoon
Still plenty of fun things to do here without wind

In the old days there were two "gorge guides" that focused exclusively on windsurfing. Now there are multiple "tourist" guides to the gorge that only have small sections dedicated to the wind sports.
You can find them at the library or most coffee shops.

I scored a brand new Chinook carbon fiber Extension for $48 bucks at 2nd wind..

Did you check out their discounted wet suit rack? I've bought ~ a dozen new drysuits, steamers, wetsuits, shorties, longies, tops, bottoms, etc of many brands and styles there over the years at 20 to 30 cents on the dollar. I usually can't find the blems that put them on the blowout rack. And dig through the CGWA trailer racks Sunday AM for even better wetsuit deals on scores of suits from junk to new stuff.

Talked to Windance about tomorrows' "end of season bbq party" which I was looking forward to. Their response was..."We're having a bbq party tomorrow?". So, no year end bbq at Windance tomorrow. Bummer. Ignore their website. Cool store though with friendly helpful staff.
.

I think Sailworks is still having their end of season BBQ party Sunday at 6pm.
Unless, of course, they are all still out foiling until dusk...

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